Sign holder and display rack



J. Q. ADAMS SIGN HOLDER AND DISPLAY RACK Filed Nov. 10. 192 3 I v xtt m i s Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

mural), STATES JOHIN Q. ADAMS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

SIGN HOLDER AND DISPLAY neck.

Application filed November 10, 1928. Serial No. 674,001.

To all whom it may cmwem:

Be it known that I, JOHN Q. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sign Holders and Display Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to advertising devices, and more particularly to a sign holder and tire display rack especially designed for use in supporting and displaying automobile tires in connection with means for advertising size, price and quality in window displays or'otherwise.

The objects of the invention are to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient sign holder on which an automobile tire or the like may be displayed surrounding the sign or advertising matter, such for example, as words and figures indicating the size and price of the tire and a guarantee of quality.

The invention will first be hereinafter more particularly described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, whichare to be taken as a part of this specification, and then pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In said drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a sign holder-having mounted thereon an automobile tire surrounding a sign board on which there is a price card with words and figures denoting the size and price of the tire and that its quality is guaranteed;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the sign holder siiiipporting a sign board, with means for e 'ectua'lly securing in a fixed position an automobile tire or the like mounted on the holder and surrounding the sign board; the tire being omitted;

Fig. 3 is a front view of the sign holder and sign board supported thereon together with a price card the latter being partly broken away to s ow the adjustable connection between the sign board and the means shown in Figure 2 for securing the tire upon the stand or sign holder;

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3,

Referring to said drawings, in which the same reference characters are used to denote corresponding parts in difl'erent views, the letter A denotes the base portion and the letters A and A the standard or upright arms of the sign holder; said arms being formed or provided at the free ends thereof with a plurality of laterally projecting prongs or fingers a, a for connection with inter-engaging means for supporting a sign or other article thereon. In this instance bowed cleats b are attached to the Sign board to receive oppositely disposed projections or fingers on the sign holder or rack, as shown in Fig. 2. The sign holder, in the form shown, is formed integrally by bending a metal rod or Wire so as to provide a centrall disposed base portion of substantially v shaped form with return bends extending outwardly, rearwardly and thence upwardly in a slightly inclined position so as to form a standard having the upright members A and A, the free ends of which are. bent outwardly or laterally at intervals to form two or more fingers for connection with suitably constructed cleats or eyes on the sign board B, for holding the sign board at different elevations, by connecting an upper or lower or intermediate pair of oppositely disposed fingers with said cleats or eyes or other inter-engaging means carried by the sign board.

For the purpose of securing an automobile tire or the like in a fixed position surrounding the sign board, the latter has revolubly secured thereto a disk-like or uivalent device C, to the outer or perip eral portion of which are pivoted the inner ends of slide bars or bolts D, preferably four in number, arranged at equi-distant points around the sign board and extending toward the periphery thereof through eye-pieces or clips (1 on the back of the sign board so that by rotation of the disk-like device said slide bars will be forced outwardly past the periphery of the sign board so as to cause their free ends to enter the slot in the tire and engage the inside of the tire, or said free ends may contact with the inside edges of the head of the tire, or the ends of the slide bars may be notched or bent to adapt them to engage the outer edge of the tire and hold it in place on the sign board. For the purpose of holding the slide bars in different positionsin contact with the tire or other device surrounding the sign board, and securing the tire. in place, an arcuate p the screw or a washer thereon. as shown more clearl in Fig. 4. The slide bars may be adjuste and secured in any desired position between the positions shown in full and dotted lines, respectively, in Fig. 2 of the drawing. When moved to theposition indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, with diametrically opposite slide bars extending radially in the same plane from the center of the disk-like device and the adjusting screw E abutting one end of the arc slot, the pivots of the slide bars will be on a dead center and the tire will be held immovably in the desired position without other fastening means, but may be easily released by rotating the disk-like device so as to draw the slide bars inwardly. The projecting end of the screw E is adapted to serve as a handle for rotating the disk-like device when the nut is loose. By rotating the device 0 the fre ends of the slide bars may be caused to p oject more or less beyond the periphery of the Sign board, so as to enter the slot on the insi e of the tire or otherwise engage and hold the tire in place by contactv therewith, as hereinbefore described, and by a reverse movementthe slide bars will be withdrawn and the tire released to permit its' removal from the rack.

The'stand or sign holder may be formed of any suitable material with the upright members rigidly secured to the base-portion thereof, instead of being formed integrally therewith, and the sign board may be formed of any suitable material, such as pasteboard, wood, or sheet metal. The price card may be printed on heavy paper and fastened to the sign board in any suitable manner, for example, by means of clips F, Figs. 1 and 2, overlying the'peripheral edges of .the sign board and card, or by means of a ring or band G of U-shaped form in crosssection extending around the peripheries of the sign board and price card and having on their meeting ends a spring-catch which may consist of male and female tongues projecting sulficiently to overlap'and hold the adjoining ends of the band together, as at 9, Fig. 3. Preferably the price and sign card has an ornamental or decorative border of a color, different from that of the central portion or part thereof within the border, or the price card and band Gr may be of contrasting colors.

The utility' and advantages of my improved sign holder and display rack and the manner of using the same will readily appear from the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, so that further description of its operation is deemed unnecessary.

It will be understood of course that various changes may be made in the details and arrangement of. parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A sign holder comprising a supporting base having upright arms spaced apart and provided at the free ends thereof with means for connection with a sign board or advertising device supported thereon, said sign board having adjusting devices on one side thereof for engaging a tire supported thereon and means within the circle described by the tire for displaying advertising matter.

2. A sign holder consisting of a metal rod bent so as to form a substantially V- shaped centrally disposed base portion with return bends on opposite sides thereof extending outwardly and rearwardly and thence upwardly to form upright members or arms spaced apart and having a plurality of outwardly rojecting fingers on the free ends thereof ormed by bending the metal back and forth at intervals, said fingers being adapted for connection withinterengaging means on a sign board or other article supported thereon.

3. In combination, a sign holder comprising a supporting base having upright arms spaced apart and having means thereon for connection with a sign board mounted on the free ends of said uprights, said'sign' board carrying a centrally disposed revoluble disklike device having a plurality of slide bars pivoted thereto at their inner ends and extending through eye-pieces or clips carried by the sign board, and having their outer ends adapted to contact with a tire surrounding the sign board, and means for se curing said rotatable device in difl'erent positions.

4. In combination, a sign holder comprising a supporting base having upright arms spaced apart and provided at the free ends thereof with a plurality of laterally extending fingers, and a sign board mounted on said uprights and having eye-pieces or clips thereon to receive oppositely dlsposedfingers projecting in opposite directions from said holder, said sign board carrying a centrally disposed revoluble device having a plurality of slide bars pivoted thereto at their inner ends, and eye-pieces or clips near the peripheral portion of said sign board through which said slide bars extend; the free ends of said slide bars being adapted to contact with a tire surrounding the sign board, so as to hold the tire thereon;

L 5. In combination, a sign holder comprising a supporting base having u ri ht arms spaced apart and provided at t e ee ends thereof with means for securing a sign board thereon, said sign board carryin a revoluble disk-like device having a plum 'ty of slide bars pivoted thereto at their inner ends, the outer ends of said slide bars :extending through eye-pieces or clips carried by the sign board, said outer ends being adapted to contact with a tire surrounding the sign board and .to hold the tire thereon, and means for rotating said device and withdrawing said slide bars from contact with.

the tire. I

6. In combination, a sign holder comprising a supporting base having upright arms spaced apart and provided at the free ends thereof with a plurality of laterally extending fingers and a sign board mountedon said uprights and having eye-pieces or clips thereon through which oppositely disposed fingers extend, said si board carrying a centrally disposed revo uble disk-like device having a plurality of slide bars pivoted thereto at their inner ends and having their outer ends protruding through eye-pieces or clips carried by the sign board and adapted to engage a tire supported on and surrounding the sign board, and means for securing said rotatable device in diflferent positions.

7. In combination, a sign holder comprising a supporting base having upright arms s aced apart and provided at the free ends t ereof with means for attaching thereto a sign board mounted thereon, said sign board carrying a revoluble disk-like device having a plurality of slide bars pivoted thereto at their inner ends and having their free ends protruding through eye-pieces or clips carried by the sign board, said free ends being ada ted to contact with a tire mounted on sai sign board so as to hold the tire in place, means for rotating said device so as to hold or release the tire as desired, and'a card containing advertising matter removably secured on the front or display side of said sign board.

8. In combination, a sign holder comprising a supporting base having upright arms spaced apart and provided at their free ends with means for securing thereto a sign board mounted thereon, a circular sign. board mounted on said holder and carrying on the back thereof a centrally disposed revoluble disk, and on the front a card containing advertising matter, a series of equi-distant slide bars having their inner ends pivoted to the peripheral portion of said disk and their free ends slidably fitted in ides secured on the back of said sign boarg s aid free ends being adapted to contact with a tire surrounding said sign board and means for rotating said disk and securing it in difierent positions with the free ends of said slide bars in contact with said tire so as to hold the same in place.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature inthe presence of two witnesses.

JOHN Q. ADAMS. Witnesses:

G. H. CARTER, C. M. MITCHELL. 

